China’s petition system was intended to let citizens report local problems to higher authorities, while local governments are simultaneously assessed on stability. As a result, people who raise problems are often treated as numbers that must disappear.
Cross-regional interception can involve unlawful detention, violent removal and abuse of power. Responsibility remains blurred because the chain is deliberately fragmented: decision-making, contact, interception and transport are assigned to different people, leaving no single link willing to accept full accountability.
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